In a small (fictional) emirate of the Persian Gulf a world-weary journalist is caught up in a coup where the Emir's son, under the influence of a political renegade, attempts to depose his father - the ruling monarch. Flashbacks of the journalist's life show us how his relationships with the Emir and a beautiful young woman develop and flourish.

Casablanca 1958, barely a year after the country gained independence, Amina, a young 22-year-old teacher and Captain Youssef, who had just graduated from a police academy in France, opposed Charqi's actions, his acolytes and his sponsors, in the name of the law of morality and patriotism.